CVE-2026-32726 (GCVE-0-2026-32726)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-31 17:01 – Updated: 2026-03-31 19:09
VLAI?
Title
SciTokens C++: Sibling-Path Authorization Bypass
Summary
SciTokens C++ is a minimal library for creating and using SciTokens from C or C++. Prior to version 1.4.1, scitokens-cpp is vulnerable to an authorization bypass in path-based scope validation. The enforcer used a simple string-prefix comparison when checking whether a requested resource path was covered by a token's authorized scope path. Because the check did not require a path-segment boundary, a token scoped to one path could incorrectly authorize access to sibling paths that merely started with the same prefix. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.1.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| scitokens | scitokens-cpp |
Affected:
< 1.4.1
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Nomenclature
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